University of Michigan Medical School

Because when both have done all that they can, they are equal in their footing before God.

I urge you, many years ago, I was an academic advisor at one of our major medical schools in the United States, the University of Michigan Medical School.

We have about 120-something medical schools.

It frequently ranks in the top 10.

So they're already getting them somehow, telehealth, their primary care doctor, some gray market, in the hopes that they will help these issues, even if there's not a published study to say that it actually statistically significantly improves memory or something like that.

So Dr. Andrew Craftson, who's a clinical professor at the University of Michigan Medical School, another leading institution, he treats patients with obesity and he says that the new study highlights how many doctors seem to be prescribing these drugs to patients who don't appear to qualify for them.

So this opens up the discussion about off-label use about compounding and increased access.

So I think if you're a prudent and ethical prescriber, you're not just giving people a prescription for these drugs because they want them.

And now the EU more broadly is looking to put it into place.

Dr. Jane Harness is the clinical instructor in psychiatry and a research fellow at the University of Michigan Medical School and joins us.

Doc, good morning.

It's good to have you.

Pathology reports must evolve so patients can understand what they're reading, says Dr. Kamran Mirza in a new article in The Pathologist magazine.

Dr. Mirza, a professor of pathology education at the University of Michigan Medical School, explores several ways pathologists can fill in comprehension gaps, including pathology explanation clinics, where patients and pathologists meet for consultations.

Digital slides can also help patients understand their tumors and the margins and lymph nodes involved, rather than relying on text.

Dr. Mirza says patient-facing pathology reports are particularly valuable in low- and middle-income settings since the reports may be the only document patients carry with them.

I'm Stuart Kelter and this is Delving In.

Today's guest, Jenny Rudesky, is a developmental behavioral pediatrician and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, where she directs the Division of Developmental Pediatrics and runs a research laboratory focused on family media use, digital design, and tech policy.

She is also co-medical director of the American Academy of Pediatrics Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health and editor of the textbook, Encounters with Children, Fifth Edition.

Today's interview will focus on her book, co-written with Megan Moreno, Connecting, Raising Kids in the Digital World, to be published this October.